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ARE YOU ENGAGED AND THRIVING? How do we change these  discouraging statistics?! Post-COVID, we know that organizations have the opportunity to re-imagine and create new workplace cultures that focus on, and reinvest in, employees’ growth, sense of belonging, engagement and well-being. An active coaching culture at all levels of an organization can generate these outcomes and positively impact employee growth, retention and recruitment. The Coaching Lens…

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March 25, 2023
Read more about the article AN AHA! LEADERSHIP MOMENT ABOUT AUTHENTICITY
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AN AHA! LEADERSHIP MOMENT ABOUT AUTHENTICITY

DARREN'S STORY– AN AHA! LEADERSHIP MOMENT ABOUT AUTHENTICITY My friend, a professional hockey player, was driving us to a sporting event. At a certain point along the way, my friend spotted someone on the street – someone with all the appearance of a homeless vagrant.  My friend’s reaction surprised me. He carefully maneuvered through two lanes of traffic to pull to the curb, get out of…

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February 2, 2023
Agile Leadership / Coaching Skills / Covid-19 / Leadership / Leadership Skills / Trust Environment / Why coaching?

What is happening to TRUST?!

By Mary Ann Tucker As you all know, great leadership is a passion for me. This passion is what propelled me into coaching, first to improve my own skills as a leader and now as a Leadership Coach to assist others in being the best leader they can be. After watching a CBC feature story on the changing landscape of work environments, I found myself increasingly…

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September 21, 2020
Character Strengths / Leadership / Leadership Skills / Personal Coaching / Trust Environment / Why coaching?

Humility versus Narcissism

Is social media the cause of the staggering rise of narcissism in our world or does it simply show us more of it?   Either way, we don’t have to emulate the narcissists around us.  We have the right to choose humility and in doing so, demonstrate the most effective kind of leadership in our workplace, in our community and in our home-life. The gift of humility…

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February 10, 2020
Aha! Leadership Moments / Building Confidence / Leadership / Leadership Skills / Potential / Trust Environment

Continuing the Tale of an old Irish Fisherman’s Sweater – Part Two of an Aha! Leadership Moment

In Part One, Ida (a coach at The Coaching Lens) tells the story of an old Irish Fisherman’s sweater – one of those heavy, cream coloured, cable wool sweaters that she knitted painstakingly by hand using the traditional Aran Diamond and Honeycomb stitches.  Here in Part Two, she shares what she learned about Leadership from that same Fisherman’s Knit Sweater. While that beautiful Fisherman’s Knit Sweater…

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April 8, 2019
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We'd like to share Jeff's story, an Aha! Leadership Moment about what we can learn from our tv hours spent watching the Starship Enterprise boldly go where no man (or woman) has been before.  Even Captain Kirk could have used a little help honing his coaching skills out there in Space, the Final Frontier!   Jeff's Story -- An Aha! Leadership Moment inspired by Star Trek Most…

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January 30, 2019